Sentences with phrase «sacramental absolution»

All Catholics, priest and bishops included, need to examine themselves before receiving Holy Communion and, if aware of unconfessed grave sin, should refrain from receiving the sacrament before receiving sacramental absolution.

First, the Church as the Bride of Christ receives her being and life from the Incarnate God in the form of vivifying substance (the Eucharist) and the words of pardon (sacramental absolution).

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They practice a sacramental piety, recognizing baptism, communion, and absolution as means by which God bestows unearned grace and forgiveness on sinful humanity.

In which case, can we really blame those Catholics in irregular canonical and sacramental states who shop around for a priest who will give them absolution and / or Holy Communion?